Improvement in umbrella-tip cups



F. s. BRoWN.

UMBRELLA TIP CUP.

* Patnted May 9,1876.

",PEI'ERS. PMOTWUTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D CV into a diagonal position.

NTTEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FELIX S. BROWN, 0Ev JERSEY eTY, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLA-TIP CUPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,198, dated May 9, 1876; application filed November 1, 1875.

. State ot' New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Tip-Oups for Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification:

In Letters Patent-No. 29,721, granted in 1860, a tip-cup is upon the runner-tube, and the notch-ring slides upon that tube and is acted upon by a spring; but there is nothing to guide this ring, and it is liable to beturned Besides this, the notch-ring does not pass into the tip-cup.

My invention relates to a runner and tipcup in which the tip-cup is attached to the sliding tube, and the notch-ring is movable thereon; and the improvement relates to the combination, with the said parts, of a guidetube to the notch-ring, that serves to maintain a parallelism in the movement ot' the notch-ring, and at the sametime inclose the spring and prevent injury to the saine.

1n the drawing, this improvement is represented by a vertical section.

The tip-cup a, is permanently attached to the tube b, and said tube bis of a size to slide freely upon the stick of' the umbrella, and the end ot' said tube b is enlarged, as at c, for the twofold purpose of increasing the facility for grasping and .moving the tube and tip-cup, and for giving the space that is generally rep quired at the junction of the umbrella-stick with the ornamental handle, as said handle-is usually slightly larger than the stick.' The,

tube b extends through the tip-cup, and its upper end terminates with a flange, e. The notched ring f, that .receives the umbrellastretchers, is upon the tube c-that is, of a size to slide freely outside the ilange e-and there is sufficient space between the tubes b and k for the spring i, that acts between the flange c and the notched ring j',- hence, when in.use, this spring will move the tip-cup toward the tips ot the ribs, to hold them, and the notched ringf will be guided upon the tube 11 by the tube k. Thel inward flange o, at the end ot', the tube 7c, serves to limit the movement of the said tube k.

I claim as my invention- 1. Tile notched ringf, attached to the tube k, and the spring 'i within the tube 7c, in conlbination with the tip-cup a and tube b, as set forth.

2. The combined ruimer and tip-cup', made with the tip-cup tube of a size to slide -upon the stick, and with the end ot' such tube en= larged, as at c, for the purposes and as set forth.

Signed by me this 27th day ofI October, A. 

